English Explanatory Dictionary

hinderling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A worthless, degenerate person or animal.
  2. The buttocks; the posterior.

Word forms

hinderling hinderlings hinderlin

Etymology

"Worthless person" sense: from Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), from Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), equivalent to hinder + -ling. Compare hilding.

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